Step 1a. Installing the DX8 modules on your website with composer

Using composer is the preferred way of managing your modules and themes as composer handles dependencies automatically and there is less margin for error. You can find out more about composer and how to install it here: https://getcomposer.org/.

The DX8 module and theme does not currently exist on drupal.org, so you will need to tell composer where to find the repositories and also add the dependencies.

1. Edit your composer.json file

Open up your composer.json file that exists within the root directory of your project in a text editor.

2. Add the DX8 repositories

Next you need to merge the following lines to the “repositories” section of the composer.json file like so: